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Tornado Warning 37, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 2014, 1:50 PM MDT for Weld County, Colorado. It was in force for 25 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 6, 2014, 1:50 PM MDT (19:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2014, 2:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.25 in
County Weld County, CO
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 12:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 144 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 367 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -256 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1813 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 238 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 212 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
689
WFUS55 KBOU 061950
TORBOU
COC123-062015-
/O.NEW.KBOU.TO.W.0037.140606T1950Z-140606T2015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
150 PM MDT FRI JUN 6 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN WELD COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO...
* UNTIL 215 PM MDT
* AT 150 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HEREFORD...OR 30 MILES EAST OF CHEYENNE...
MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HEREFORD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A
VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4088 10431 4100 10432 4100 10406 4088 10405
TIME...MOT...LOC 1950Z 270DEG 12KT 4097 10425
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
RPK2 follow-up statements
092
WWUS55 KBOU 062003
SVSBOU
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
203 PM MDT FRI JUN 6 2014
COC123-062015-
/O.CON.KBOU.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-140606T2015Z/
WELD CO-
203 PM MDT FRI JUN 6 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM MDT FOR NORTHERN
WELD COUNTY...
AT 203 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF GROVER...OR 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
KIMBALL...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HEREFORD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A
VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4088 10431 4100 10432 4100 10406 4088 10405
TIME...MOT...LOC 2003Z 271DEG 20KT 4097 10412
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
RPK316
WWUS55 KBOU 062023
SVSBOU
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
223 PM MDT FRI JUN 6 2014
COC123-062033-
/O.EXP.KBOU.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-140606T2015Z/
WELD CO-
223 PM MDT FRI JUN 6 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN WELD COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHEAST COLORADO.
LAT...LON 4088 10431 4100 10432 4100 10406 4088 10405
TIME...MOT...LOC 2021Z 270DEG 12KT 4097 10412
$$
RPKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 6:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert | 17 min |
| Jun 5, 6:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 47 min |
| Jun 5, 6:42 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 33 min |
| Jun 5, 7:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Douglas, Elbert | 35 min |
| Jun 5, 8:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Elbert | 36 min |
| Jun 5, 10:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Elbert | 46 min |
| Jun 6, 3:13 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Lincoln | 47 min |
| Jun 6, 3:22 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Elbert, Lincoln | 38 min |
| Jun 6, 3:59 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 31 min |
| Jun 6, 12:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan | 42 min |
| Jun 6, 1:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan, Sedgwick | 47 min |
| Jun 6, 1:29 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | Logan | 3 hr |
| Jun 6, 1:38 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Douglas | 37 min |
| Jun 6, 1:41 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Logan, Sedgwick | 34 min |
| Jun 6, 1:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan, Weld | 37 min |
| Jun 6, 1:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Morgan, Weld | 28 min |
| Jun 6, 2:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Douglas, Elbert | 33 min |
| Jun 6, 2:13 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 17 min |
| Jun 6, 2:14 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Phillips, Sedgwick | 31 min |
| Jun 6, 2:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan, Weld | 32 min |
| Jun 6, 2:34 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 26 min |
| Jun 6, 2:43 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Sedgwick | 32 min |
| Jun 6, 2:48 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Elbert | 27 min |
| Jun 6, 2:50 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 25 min |
| Jun 6, 2:54 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Morgan | 36 min |
| Jun 6, 2:56 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Morgan, Weld | 19 min |
| Jun 6, 3:05 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Logan | 25 min |
| Jun 6, 3:10 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Phillips, Sedgwick | 35 min |
| Jun 6, 3:12 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Elbert, Lincoln, Washington | 33 min |
| Jun 6, 3:19 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | Sedgwick | 3 hr |
| Jun 6, 3:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Phillips | 24 min |
| Jun 6, 4:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Washington | 26 min |
| Jun 6, 4:24 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Phillips | 3 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.